Nikola is a research officer at Education International, the global federation of education unions where she coordinates research on education privatisation and its impact on education systems. She also works on EI’s programmes concerning teachers and children with (dis)abilities, ICT in education and open education issues including OER, copyright and open access. As part of her work she is involved in fostering exchange and providing research capacity development for education unions from across the world. Nikola is a certified teacher, union activist and holds an additional master’s degree in education and globalisation form the University of Oulu, Finland (2014). As a former teacher and union activist she concerned about strengthening equitable access to quality public (education) systems and promoting the democratisation of knowledge within and beyond education.